Intel is keen on ultra-thin notebooks with more performance than netbooks

On July 17, Otellini, Intel's chief executive, said in a conference call on financial analysts in Tuesday that a cheap, slim notebook would give users the functionality that netbooks do not have.　　The company has been reiterating the issue at various meetings recently. Intel continues to try new breakthroughs in the notebook world, according to foreign media reports. The slim notebook is a low-cost laptop, usually with a 13-inch display, using Intel's Ultra-low voltage (ULV) chip.　　The average netbook's display typically does not exceed 11 inches, and uses Intel's Low-cost, low performance, operating processor. The slim notebook, says Otellini, makes up for the lack of netbooks, "when people use netbooks to play 3D games or run Office apps, they feel very slow to run." In addition to the low performance of the processor, its overall design also has many problems. "Users on the average netbook's established consumption concept and ultra-thin notebook high price, become ultra-thin notebook in the market competition, the main reason for the challenge."　　Slim notebooks are close to the size of netbooks, but their functions are much more powerful than netbooks. In addition, Otellini said there is a trend that netbooks could become a popular 3G consumer terminal.